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Entry tags:
- angst,
- humor,
- livejournal,
- lj
LJ = High School
Okay, I think I've figured it out.
LiveJournal is high school.
Or maybe junior high, I'm still pondering the maturity level.
We've got the whole popularity thing: friends, mutual and not. Hell, they're even posted publicly in our profiles. You can measure someone's popularity even before you read a single word they've written.
We've got the cliques: the jocks, the popular kids, the geeks, they're all here.
We've got the "I've got a secret" game. More and more journals are private, friends-only these days. Apparently you have to reach some standard of coolness to even be allowed to READ some people's journals.
We've got fads. If I see one more of those "What (fill in the blank) are you?" polls or quizzes again I'll probably scream. Which is why I'm not cool and nobody reads my journal, of course.
We've got bullies; just go to any political community. 'Nuff said.
We've got gossip up the wazoo. Who's friending who; who's more popular; who's getting dropped; whose journal has a cooler design; etc. etc. etc.
We don't have teachers, as far as I can see, and there isn't much learning going on.
See - it really is just like high school!
Okay, time for me to
LiveJournal is high school.
Or maybe junior high, I'm still pondering the maturity level.
We've got the whole popularity thing: friends, mutual and not. Hell, they're even posted publicly in our profiles. You can measure someone's popularity even before you read a single word they've written.
We've got the cliques: the jocks, the popular kids, the geeks, they're all here.
We've got the "I've got a secret" game. More and more journals are private, friends-only these days. Apparently you have to reach some standard of coolness to even be allowed to READ some people's journals.
We've got fads. If I see one more of those "What (fill in the blank) are you?" polls or quizzes again I'll probably scream. Which is why I'm not cool and nobody reads my journal, of course.
We've got bullies; just go to any political community. 'Nuff said.
We've got gossip up the wazoo. Who's friending who; who's more popular; who's getting dropped; whose journal has a cooler design; etc. etc. etc.
We don't have teachers, as far as I can see, and there isn't much learning going on.
See - it really is just like high school!
Okay, time for me to